Imagine you travel from one country to another, you grab a bottle of water for your trip, and then you are supposed to return that bottle only in the country where you originally got it.

Or you not only miss your deposit—sometimes you can't even throw plastic bottles to recycling collection points just because the plastic bottle you got doesn't have their local sign/icon printed on the packaging.

[–] cmhe@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Well, in Germany there aren't even pan-country deposit systems in place. You often have to find a store where you can buy that bottle for them to accept it.

[–] Unsaved5831@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

Sounds like it is designed to make it difficult and cumbersome… which is the opposite of what you'd hope for a wide adoption of practice.

[–] Comment105@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

All the bottles/cans we Norwegians buy in Sweden go in the trash.

It's a large amount of cans. When travelling back home from Sweden, a Norwegian is likely to bring a few 24-packs.. In some households it's consumed more Swedish soda and beer than Norwegian.